380th

Bomb Group

380th Bomb Group Association
World War II Veterans Group

WE WENT TO WAR

PART VII:  KEEP 'EM FLYING

 

 
NOTES CONCERNING EACH ENTRY
 

The format used in presenting the data concerning each individual member of the 380th Bomb Group is as follows:

Data Presented:

Squadron:    Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial(s), if present; ASN | Designation as Flight Crew, if Applicable, Duty Assignment Title(s) (MOS/SSN Code Number(s)) | Designation as Ground Staff, if Applicable; Duty Assignment Title(s) (MOS/SSN Code Number(s)) | Aircraft Commander's Name (Air Crew Number); Airplane Name When Claimed | Title of Order Joining Organization, Date of Order, Entering Rank | Title of Order Leaving or Cause When Leaving Organization, Date of Order or Event, Highest Rank Attained While in Organization as Given by Available Data | Special Notes When Applicable

Format Used:

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Personal Data

Flight Crew Duties

Ground Staff Duties

 

 

 

 

 

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Block 7

Air Crew Assignment

Assignment Orders

Transfer Orders

Special Notes

Remarks:

  1. When data is missing at any point on the format, the punctuation marks indicated above are used to show this lack of data.
  2. Any one individual may have had several assignments in either Air Crew or Ground Staff or both; all which are known are presented.

Abbreviations Used:

Block 1, Name and Serial Numbers

NMI

No Middle Initial; used when no middle name or initial was claimed by the individual, or if this information was unavailable

IO

Initial Only; may apply to first or middle name, or both

O-XXX

Serial Number for Commissioned Officer, U.S.

W-XXX

Serial Number for Warrant Officer, U.S.

T-XXX

Serial Number for Flight Officer, U.S.

RAAF

Designates a member of the Royal Australian Air Force

Block 2, Air Crew Assignments

Acft Cmdr

Aircraft Commander

AIF

Australian Imperial Force (Australian Army)

Asst

Assistant

Cmdg

Commanding

Dpty

Deputy

Eng

Engineer

Flt Eng

Flight Engineer

Gp Cmdr

Group Commander

Insp

Inspector

Ldr

Leader

Off

Officer

Opns

Operations

Opns Off

Operations Officer

Radio Opr

Radio Operator

RCM Opr

Radar Countermeasures Operator

Sqdn Cmdr

Squadron Commander

Block 3, Ground Staff Assignments

Adm

Administration

AM

Ammunition worker

CNS

The radio net connecting the many far-flung units in the SW Pacific area

Cntl

Control

Eqpt

Equipment

Exec

Executive

Flt

Flight

Hqtrs

Headquarters

IFF

Identification-Friend or Foe (a radio set that responds to a radar challenge with a code response to identify friendly aircraft)

Info

Information

Insp

Inspector

LORAN

LOng Range Air Navigation (a multi-station radio network for aircraft navigation)

Mech

Mechanical, Mechanic

NCO

Non-commissioned officer

Opr

Operator

Sgt

Sergeant

Spec

Specialist

Stat

Statistical, Statistician

Tech

Technical, Technician

Block 4, Flight Crew Designations

The Flight Crews were designated by their Aircraft Commander's name and by a numerical listing; both are given here. The crew numbers assigned by the 380th changed frequently (at least six times) as additional aircraft and crews were received. The number used for the longest time by each crew was used here. When crews completed their assignments, their existing number was given to the next crew that arrived. Crew numbering ceased abruptly on 15 May 1945. Crews that arrived after that date are designated as (NL) (None Listed).

The aircraft listed is that claimed by the individual in his 380th Bomb Group Association Record, or the plane most often flown by that crew, or one in which they were shot down or crashed. The listing is made only when the aircraft carried a name. No serial numbers are used.

Block 5, Entering Orders by Which Assigned

This includes orders reassigning personnel within the 380th, between Squadrons or between Squadrons and Group as well as those assigning personnel initially to the 380th.

ATO

Air Travel Orders

BG

Bombardment (Bomb) Group (e.g., 380BG = 380th Bomb Group)

FM

Date of First Mission with 380th (Month and Year only) to establish period of service; for Australian crews only

Fr

From (e.g., Fr Gp = From Group)

GO

General Orders, usually used for promotions, decorations, etc.

Gp

Group

Initial Deployment

First transfer of 380th personnel by aircraft or ship from the U.S. to the South West Pacific War Theatre

LO

Letter Order, a simplified form of Special Order

Original Cadre

The first group of individuals who initially formed the 380th Bomb Group

PA

Probable Arrival Date (Month and Year only) where records missing and supposition possible from other records

PAR

Paragraph, the section of the overall order dealing with the individual in question

RB

Replacement Battalion (e.g., 91RB)

SO

Special Order, the most common type of order

T.O.

Travel Orders

T.O.-NOL

Travel Orders (symbology used by Replacement Training Center, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia)

TC

Troop Carrier (e.g., To 375 TC Gp)

VBC

Fifth Bomber Command

Additional abbreviations are given in the Glossary.

Block 6, Orders Transferring Individual Between Units or from the 380th Bomb Group, or Casualty Designation

ACFH

Air Crew Fly Home (return of combat crew and their aircraft to the U.S. after close of hostilities)

AF

Air Force (e.g., 5AF = Fifth Air Force)

AGPE

Orders used for Red Cross Emergency Family Leave and other related special purposes

Evac Hosp

Evacuation Hospital

FEXE

Orders from a special program to allow ground personnel of long service in the theatre to return to the United States on leave; must return to the war theatre at end of leave

FEXO

Travel Orders for return to the United States as issued by Headquarters USAAFE (U.S. Forces in the Far East)

KFA

Death due to aircraft accident, includes those occurring on a combat mission but where enemy action not involved (killed in flying accident)

KGA

Death due to a ground accident (killed in ground accident)

KIA

Death due to event caused by known or supposed enemy action (killed in action)

LM

Probable Date of Last Mission (Month and Year Only); for Australian Crews only

MIA

Missing in Action, cause unknown

POW

Prisoner of War

PR (Date), RM

Probable Return Date (Month and Year), Records Missing; supposition based on other records

RHEW, RU

Returned Home After End of War, Records Unavailable; all archived records available ceased as of 1 October 1945

RM

Records Missing

RPBN

Replacement Battalion (RB)

RU

Records Unavailable

SW-US-###-AAF

Orders used by the South West Pacific Command to send USAAF personnel back to the United States

TRANS

Transferred from 380th to Other Units within Theatre; records missing

USAFFE

United States Armed Forces in the Far East

USAFP

U.S. Army Forces, Pacific

USASOS

United States Army Services of Supply

VOCO

Vocal Orders of the Commanding Officer

Water Manifest

Collected names of those individuals who were to return to the United States by ship at the end of the hostilities

Other abbreviations same as Block 5.  Additional abbreviations are given in the Glossary.

Block 7, Special Notes

No abbreviations used.



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